Man Eating Lions Dine On Eco-Tourists

This Is London- Evening Standard ^ | 13 February 2003 | John Von Radowitz

[joesnuffy]

Man-eating lions dine on ecotourists By John Von Radowitz, Evening Standard 13 February 2003

Ecotourists are helping nature in an unexpected way - by becoming "fast food of the bush" for man-eating lions, it was claimed today.

Reports of lions eating humans are increasing in Africa, and one reason may be more tourists camping on the big cats' doorstep.

Craig Packer, of Minnesota University, told New Scientist magazine: "There have been a fair number of attacks on humans in the last couple of years, including some in South African camps.

"The problem is, there is a growing number of camps putting people in the bush right next to lions."

Separate research casts doubt on the theory that lions get a taste for human flesh only when illness or injury means they cannot hunt faster four-legged prey.

Zoologist Bruce Patterson examined the bones of 23 maneaters in Kenya. Most were healthy young male lions. He believes males expelled from prides meet more humans on their travels. "It may all be too much for a lion to resist," he said.

The most famous attack on humans occurred in 1898 when two lions terrorised railway workers building a bridge over Kenya's Tsavo River, killing and eating nearly 30 people.

[HumanaeVitae]

(cue cheesy Elton John Music) "...It's the Circle of Life"...

[mhking]

Lunch? (Pets Eating Tasty Activists Alert!)

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[AntiGuv]

"It may all be too much for a lion to resist."

Yup...

[TheGrimReaper]

Note to Ted Kennedy:
Kenya needs you ... NOW!

[AdA$tra]

After eating several French and German ecotourists the Lions declared "Tastes just like chicken with two left wings"

They especially like the wine and cheese fattened surrender monkeys from France. Easy prey for just about anything or anybody.

[Destructor]

"Many animals eat S**t to get the democrat taste out of their mouths"

HA! That's great!! LMAO!!!

[OhhTee5]

Tusker???? My favorite was the nice warm "White Cap".

I was dining at the base of Mt. Kilamonjaro when we our lunch was invaded by baboons. They actually jumped on the table, snatched up all the bread and jumped out of the restaurant in a matter of seconds. All the waiters carried a supply of rocks in their pockets to toss at em. Too funny.

[ikka]

That book inspired the movie The Ghost and the Darkness, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. It is, in my opinion, one of the best "man vs. nature" movies ever made.

That was an amazing movie! I had a big cardboard box of popcorn and finished it early but kept it in my hand. When the lions started attacking the guys in the railway car, it was so suspenseful that I crushed the entire box into a small ball in my hand.

[talleyman]

LETA Alert (Lions Eating Tasty Activists)

[and the horse you rode in on]

All the people involved in the "Born Free" stupidity eventually ended up as Entrees

[petuniasevan]

I've started a vegetarian diet. Problem is, they're harder to catch than cows and the meat is stringier

Loved that one!

It's from a recent "Zits" comic strip.

[dfwgator]

If God didn't mean for animals to eat humans, then why did he make us out of meat? </sarcasm>

[usurper]

I was dining at the base of Mt. Kilamonjaro when we our lunch was invaded by baboons. They actually jumped on the table, snatched up all the bread and jumped out of the restaurant in a matter of seconds. All the waiters carried a supply of rocks in their pockets to toss at em. Too funny.

What? Sounds like Kilamonjaro has the same problems with democrats as we do.

[RichInOC]

I'm so tempted to post the drinking song about the Wild West Show and the five-hundred-pound Bengal Tiger, but it would be incredibly tasteless...apparently unlike the tourists.